The U.S. Anti-China Tech Protectionism Racket From a ‘Middle Power’

Karl Bode: So prepare for a year of breathless and evidence-optional claims that Chinese AI is a dire threat to U.S. consumer privacy and national security, followed by an elaborate bipartisan train of bad policy and shitty new laws crafted by a clumsy coalition of technofascists, extremists, and competition-averse chickenshits. A bit rant-ish for my liking, but the kind of thing that makes me worried about living in what our prime minister called a “middle power”. The success of A.I. models developed in China has caused much concern among U.S. hyperscalers. In his recent essay, Mark Zuckerberg warned that “[a]ny policy that slows American model releases — even by a month — could add significant risk to American leadership while letting foreign models race ahead”; by “foreign models”, he means those from China. Much of this section of the essay bemoans the already feeble restrictions in the U.S. on training and building A.I. models. Zuckerberg even says “falling behind in A.I. overall…